The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 1905
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
8:33 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -217
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.18° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.68° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.